Crowds lined the parade route, at times five or six people deep, with children sitting on the shoulders of parents and relatives and others craning their necks to get a glimpse of miniature ponies, up-and-coming celebrities and even their own relatives.

In 2003 more than 4,000 people attended the parade, which traveled along one of the city's main arteries that serves as a border between the eastern Muslim section of the city and Jewish West Jerusalem.

With a Red Cross Medical Communications team working with the Fire Department's dispatchers, the Red Cross serves as first responders for the Fire Department for medical assistance calls along the parade route.

Becky Herrera, owner of CheerForce, an all-star competitive cheer program in Simi Valley, is also gearing up for the parade with her students, who come from Ojai to Pasadena and range in age from 3 to 31.

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